Ron Ferrizzi

Ron Ferrizzi was a US Army air cavalry crew chief during the Vietnam War. The son of a policeman, he grew up in the Swampoodle neighborhood of North Philadelphia and joined the US Army during the Vietnam War. In November 1967, he arrived in Vietnam as the crew chief of a scout helicopter based in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam. He had traumatic experiences during the war, including being shot at with large North Vietnamese machine-gun bullets.